Arbeitspapier
Multigrading and child achievement
We exploit Italian law DPR 81/2009, which determines class composition, as an instrument to identify the causal effect of grouping students of different grades into a single class (multigrading) on children cognitive achievement. This article focuses on 7-year-old students - those at the beginning of their formal education. Results suggest that attendance in multigrade classes versus single-grade classes increases students' performance on standardized tests by 15-20 percent of a standard deviation. The positive impact of multigrading only appears for children sharing their class with peers from higher grades and is relatively stronger for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 65
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Returns to Education
Education: Government Policy
Public Facility Location Analysis; Public Investment and Capital Stock
- Subject
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Multigrade classes
child development
peer effects
rural areas
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Barbetta, Gian Paolo
Sorrenti, Giuseppe
Turati, Gilberto
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE)
- (where)
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Milano
- (when)
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2018
- Handle
- Last update
- 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Barbetta, Gian Paolo
- Sorrenti, Giuseppe
- Turati, Gilberto
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE)
Time of origin
- 2018
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